Entry Word: sample

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 a number of things selected from a group to stand for the whole <based on a sample of the menu items, we decided that this was the best restaurant in town>

Synonyms cross section

Related Words case, example, exemplar, illustration, instance, representative, specimen; selection

2 one of a group or collection that shows what the whole is like <this vase is a sample of the high-quality glassware that the glassblowers can produce> — see example